Deer hunters aim for opening day

GAYLORD — The orange army will start to assemble this weekend, leading up to Tuesday’s opener of Michigan’s rifle deer season.

“Michigan would make some countries jealous with the army we can muster up on Nov. 15,” laughed Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officer Mark DePew. “It’s tradition. It’s great.”

DePew is not exaggerating.

According to DNR figures, an average of 250,000 firearm hunters pursue deer in the Northern Lower Peninsula every year. That’s equal to the number of active-duty members in Germany’s military, according to a cited article on Wikipedia.

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